CENTRE WELLINGTON – The Wellington County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) charge a Fergus resident with stunt driving, stemming from a traffic stop within a school zone.
On September 2, 2025, at approximately 3:15 p.m., members of the Wellington County OPP were conducting a proactive traffic enforcement initiative and observed a motor vehicle travelling at a high rate of speed within a designated community safety zone, and directly in-front of a local school. As a result, a traffic was stop was initiated on Garafraxa Street East within Fergus.
As a result of the investigation, a 37-year-old from Fergus is charged under the Highway Traffic Act with:
- Drive motor vehicle – perform stunt – excessive speed – community safety zone
- Speeding – community safety zone
Anyone charged with ‘drive motor vehicle – perform stunt’ receives a 14-day impoundment and a 30-day driver’s licence suspension as per statute.
Drivers should be aware that fines can be doubled in designated Community Safety Zones.
The accused is scheduled to appear in the provincial offences court – Guelph, at a later date
